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05.09.2011
Christian Stegmann new head of DESY in Zeuthen
Today, Professor Dr. Christian Stegmann was introduced as new head of DESY in Zeuthen. He will assume office as of 1 October and represent the Zeuthen institute in the DESY Directorate. Stegmann follows the nomination of both, the University of Potsdam and DESY.
Christian Stegmann at his first visit in Zeuthen.
Christian Stegmann, born in 1965, was professor at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. The astroparticle physicist works at the H.E.S.S. experiment (High Energy Spectroscopic System), a system of Cherenkov detectors in Namibia. This instrument allows scientists to explore cosmic showers of ultra-high energy gamma particles.
“DESY is a famous name in the German scientific community, and the Zeuthen institute is very active in particle and astroparticle physics. I am looking forward to assume new responsibilities here in Zeuthen”, Christian Stegmann said to his Zeuthen colleagues at his first visit.
“We are very happy to gain Christian Stegmann as a renowned expert in astroparticle physics”, said Helmut Dosch, chairman of the DESY directorate. “With the simultaneous appointment at DESY and the University of Potsdam, he will further strengthen astroparticle physics in Zeuthen and expand DESY as a national centre in this field of research.”
Stegmann is associated to DESY already for a long time. At the end of his diploma physics study at the University of Bonn, he graduated at the ZEUS experiment in Hamburg. In 1995 – after his doctorate at the University of Freiburg – Stegmann came to DESY in Zeuthen and carried out research at the at the HERA-B detector for five years. After this, Christian Stegmann focused on earthbound astroparticle physics.
Stegmann takes over the management of the Zeuthen institute from Hans-Jürgen Grabosch who was the provisional manager after the retirement of the long-term Zeuthen-head Ulrich Gensch.
